Buncombe GOP drops 'evil queen' billboard regarding Holly Jones

10:42 AM,
Oct. 9, 2012

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The Buncombe County Republican Party has decided not to run a billboard depicting County Commissioner Holly Jones as "the evil queen," a depiction Jones had described as "nasty."

"It does go beyond our scope of how we feel politics should be run," said Nathan West, spokesman for the Buncombe County GOP. "The billboard is not being run. The billboard has never gone up."

Earlier this week, the GOP had sent out a press release with the billboard's graphic and message, which had a Halloween theme and suggested voters "beware the evil queen," with a depiction of Jones. ...